Area code information

2006-2008: national renumbering from 7 to 8-digit format

Latvia is phasing in an additional digit to subscriber numbers from
1 May 2006 through 1 October 2008, moving from 7-digit national numbers
to 8-digit format.

There are three general phases to the renumbering, each of which involves
introduction of new numbers in a permissive operation phase, followed
by mandatory use of the new numbers:

1. mobile/wireless numbers

2. fixed/geographic numbers

3. special services (premium, freephone)

Timeline

1 May 2006: New mobile numbering introduced, running permissively
with old format mobile numbers. '2' was prepended to existing 7-digit mobile
numbers to form the new 8-digit national subscriber numbers.

1 August 2006: New mobile numbering became mandatory; calls to
old format mobile numbers result in a recorded message.

1 November 2006: End of recorded message phase for calls to old
format mobile numbers.

1 February 2007: New numbering introduced for fixed/geographic
and special services, running permissively with old format numbers.
'6' is prepended to existing 7-digit fixed/geographic subscriber numbers
to form the new 8-digit numbers. For freephone and premium numbers,
digit '0' is inserted in the existing 7-digit number to become the fourth
digit of the new 8-digit subscriber numbers (e.g. 8012345 becomes
80102345, as dialled within Latvia).

1 August 2008: New fixed/geographic and special numbering becomes
mandatory; calls to old format numbers result in a recorded message.

1 November 2008: End of recorded message phase for calls to old
format fixed/geographic and special numbers. All carriers must ensure
that only 8-digit numbers are accepted on their networks.

Withdrew from country code 7 (former USSR territory) at an unknown time;
ITU assigned country code 371 in January 1993. +7 013 was replaced by +371
in international dialling, although Jurmala switched from +7 013 62 to
+371 2. There are reports that Latvia has moved, or is moving, to a national
7-digit number format without area codes (effective 1995?).